candle white balance

I've been poking around at taking photos by candlelight but can't seem to get my white balance right. The daylight settings push things too warm and the incandescent is almost too cool. Anyone have a Kelvin setting that works well?

The problems with white balance is that it's intended to "correct" for the light. It's trying to make whites look white, for example; even when you might want the whites to be the warm color of candle light.

It's much easier to get the color balance you want after the picure is taken. And you don't have to shoot in raw to shift the color after the photo is taken. There are a variety of free programs that will let you adjust the color balance after the fact in your JPEGs. Using Windows7, for example, you might try "Windows Live Photo Gallery."

Generally, you want candlelight to look like candlelight. That means a nice warm glow, which would be a "technically" off white balance. You don't always have to pull out a gray card and set the absolute perfect balance for your scene. Be an artist!

The problems with white balance is that it's intended to "correct" for the light. It's trying to make whites look white, for example; even when you might want the whites to be the warm color of candle light.

It's much easier to get the color balance you want after the picure is taken. And you don't have to shoot in raw to shift the color after the photo is taken. There are a variety of free programs that will let you adjust the color balance after the fact in your JPEGs. Using Windows7, for example, you might try "Windows Live Photo Gallery."

Good luck

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+1. I don't really even bother anymore on camera since much of time, it just doesn't look right. I just leave it on AWB and fix it in post.